malum cotonium

Latin

Alternative forms

• mālum cotōneum, cotōneum, cotōnium, cydōnium

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek κυδώνιον μῆλον (kudṓnion mêlon, literally “apple of Cydonia”), named after a town in Crete.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.lum koˈtoː.ni.um/, [ˈmäːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ kɔˈt̪oːniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.lum koˈto.ni.um/, [ˈmäːlum koˈt̪ɔːnium]

Noun

mālum cotōnium n (genitive mālī cotōniī); second declension

1. the quince, fruit of the Cydonia

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter) with a second-declension adjective.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mālum cotōnium	māla cotōnia
Genitive	mālī cotōniī	mālōrum cotōniōrum
Dative	mālō cotōniō	mālīs cotōniīs
Accusative	mālum cotōnium	māla cotōnia
Ablative	mālō cotōniō	mālīs cotōniīs
Vocative	mālum cotōnium	māla cotōnia

Descendants

• Spanish: melocotón (“peach”)
  • →? Catalan: melicotó, melocotó, melacotó
  • → English: melocoton
  • → Portuguese: melocotão